EVANSTON, Ill. – In April 2017, voters in Illinois’ Evanston/Skokie School District 65 graciously approved a $14.5 million property tax increase.

They did so after school administrators warned that without the extra revenue, there would be deep cuts to student academic programs.

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It was generous of voters to approve the tax increase, considering it will cost average homeowners an extra $400 per year in property taxes, according to the Chicago Tribune.

But on their way to the polls, at least some voters must have asked themselves if the district had done everything possible to trim non-instructional costs, before going to the public for more money.

After taking a look at the district’s administrative payroll, the answer is apparently not.

In the 2016-17 fiscal year, a total of 43 administrators were paid a total of $5,411,417.25 in base salary, for a very handsome average of $125,846.91.

All but four of those employees made base salaries of at least $100,000.

Those same administrators received health insurance benefits worth a combined $634,276.60, which averages out to $16,263.50 per employee. The district also made $529,399.21 in pension contributions on their behalf, for an average of $12,311.61 per employee.

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All of that brought the average compensation to $154,422 per administrator, and some made a lot more.

Mary Brown, the district’s chief financial officer, made a base salary of $188,699.61, received $14,248.10 in health insurance benefits, and the district made a $19,578.69 pension contribution on her behalf. All of that totaled a whopping $222,526.

Stacy Beardsley, the executive director of curriculum and instruction, made a base salary of $137,263.48, received $22,571.50 in health benefits, and received a $16,064.43 pension contribution. That totaled $174,889.41.

The biggest money went to Superintendent Paul Goren, who made $250,000 in straight salary, received $22,571.50 in health benefits, and the district made a $10,457.72 pension contribution on his behalf. He also received a $14,612.27 retirement annuity from the district.

All of that came to $297,671.49.

“I couldn’t be more humbled and more appreciative of the vote,” Goren was quoted as saying by the Tribune after the successful millage election.

Considering the kind of money he makes, we’re sure he meant every word of that.